A St. Johns woman will spend at least a month in jail for her role in her 10-year-old daughter's death last year.

Clinton District Judge Richard Wells on Wednedsday sentenced Kathleen Parker, 47, to 12 months in jail and 60 months probation. After serving her first 30 days, the balance of Parker's jail term will be deferred and later waived upon successful completion of probation.

In July, Parker pleaded down to fourth-degree child abuse from the second degree. Parker's daughter, Vienna Parker, was found dead at their apartment in the 400 block of East Higham Street on Sept. 22. Child welfare workers found the girl while checking to see why she had been absent from school.

Kathleen Parker was found with several cuts and what police say was a self-inflected stab wound to the abdomen.

Child welfare workers visited the apartment about two weeks prior, after Vienna Parker missed the first two days of school